When Qian Qian received the order, his face was still full of astonishment. Although Zuo Liangyu was not a thing, he was after all a thief general of the imperial court. He was a friendly army.
"Are you sure the order is correct?"
The messenger clasped his fists and said, "To Mr. Qian Qian, your order is to bombard Zuo Liangyu's troops, no problem!"
"Grandma's!"
Qian Qian rubbed his hands with some excitement, and then shouted: "General Folang cannon is loaded immediately, ready to fire!"
"Standard cannon check Zhu Yuan, target Zuo Liangyu's tribe two miles away, prepare for test firing!"
"Preparations for the standard run are complete!"
"put!"
"boom!"
As soon as a Fo Lang machine gun burst into flames, a shell streaked across the sky and landed directly on Zuo Liangyu's army, shattering a guard on a horse on the spot. It rebounded and hit the surrounding generals back and forth. When the shell finally hit the ground, eleven or two Ming soldiers had died tragically on the spot.
Qian Qian stood on a temporary high platform, saw the impact point of the cannonball, and said with a smile: "Okay! The aim of this cannon is accurate, ready to fire!"
"put!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
All the artillery pieces of Fo Lang's cannon were adjusted according to the standard artillery data. Following Qian Qian's order, seventy-two artillery pieces opened fire at the same time. The fierce artillery fire knocked Zuo Liangyu's troops to their knees, and the defeated troops who had just gathered up were defeated. , immediately fell into pieces and fell into a state of rout again.
Zuo Liangyu was riding on a tall horse. When the first cannonball fell, he already screamed inwardly that Liu Yan would dare to attack him directly. Then fierce artillery fire fell one after another, and Zuo Liangyu was even more frightened. He called his guards and nearby soldiers to run away.
"Commander, we have to go east. The supervisor is in the east. Let's go and sue Liu Yan!"
All of Zuo Liangyu's generals knew that this was Liu Yan's artillery. No one else except Liu Yan's troops would have such fierce firepower.
Zuo Liangyu said bitterly: "East? Look, Liu Yan's banner is to the east. That is his main force. Going east is a dead end."
"Commander, the battlefield is so chaotic, maybe it's an accidental attack. The Xian thief is still on the run. It doesn't make sense that Liu Shen won't pursue the Xian thief and why he's going to hit us!"
Zuo Liangyu almost fainted. His idiot subordinates didn't even understand this. He had gone against Liu Yan several times and had become enemies. Now Liu Yan was going to kill him on the chaotic battlefield. When the time came, the supervisor Yang Sichang couldn't say anything!
"Stop talking nonsense, protect me and retreat to the west!"
"west?"
All the generals were dumbfounded. Isn't Zhang Xianzhong over there?
Everyone did not dare to say anything and followed Zhang Xianzhong to retreat to the west. Many broken soldiers gathered along the way. After a while, more than 4,000 people gathered.
At this time, the battlefield was extremely chaotic. The defeated troops of Zhang Wenxiu and Zuo Liangyu were all running around on the battlefield. The soldiers of the New Army battalions led by Liu Yan also formed formations and mobilized quickly on the battlefield. There were still a large number of bandit troops retreating to the west. The flags were those of Zhang Xianzhong, Zhang Dingguo, Zhang Nengqi, Zhang Kewang and others.
Zuo Liangyu led more than 4,000 people to run all the way. He could no longer hear the roar of Liu Yan's artillery. He thought he had escaped Liu Yan's surprise attack, but he met the new army Zuoying head-on.
"Haha! Zuo Liangyu, this stupid pig, bumped into him."
Commander Zhang Yi looked at the fast-approaching general Dazhen in the distance, smiled and said to the three generals Jin Xuecheng, Shi Niuzhong, and Shang Zili: "Order the generals to prepare to intercept Zuo Liangyu's tribe!"
Mr. Zuo Qian, Mr. Jin Xuecheng, and Mr. Zhongqian Shi Niuzhong were both from the Qianhu family in Xiahe Village. They joined the new army when Liu Yan first expanded the army, and were later recruited by Zhang Yi with their military exploits and outstanding abilities. After taking a fancy to it, he was promoted along the way.
Jin Xuecheng is only twenty-five years old, but he looks a bit mature. With his beard, he looks like an old man in his thirties or forties, and he is also very calm.
Shi Niuzhong was more forthright. He often laughed loudly on weekdays, like a hero in the world. When fighting, his sound was like thunder, which is still fresh in people's memory.
Shang Zili was originally a general flag officer of the Inspection Department of the ancient town. When Liu Yan was rectifying the various places in front of Xiahe Village, Shang Zili, with his clean style and outstanding ability, was not like the generals in the old army. The flag officers and small flag officers were dismissed in this way, but were transferred to the new army by Liu Yan and arranged to serve under Zhang Yi.
At this time, Zhang Yi ordered the battle, and the three of them quickly returned to their respective ministries. The soldiers of Zuoying had been fully deployed. More than 3,700 soldiers formed a large horizontal formation, with Zuo Zong in the west, Zhong Zong in the middle, and Zhong Zong in the east. Mr. Right directly blocked Zuo Liangyu's troops.
"The musketeers are ready to fire!"
"Raise the gun! Aim!"
"put!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
More than a thousand gunners from the Zuo camp continued to fire volleys. The fierce firepower left Zuo Liangyu's men with casualties. Almost all the soldiers at the front fell down in pieces, and screams came one after another.
Zuo Liangyu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this scene. He didn't expect Liu Yan to be so vicious. He also ambushed a large army here. Judging from the number of people, it was as many as a battalion. This was going to kill him!
"Liu Yan, you are so cruel!"
After all, Zuo Liangyu was a veteran who had been running rampant in all directions for many years. At this time, he was also full of evil and courageous. He ordered five hundred dead soldiers to be gathered. Using shields and wooden boards as support, they concentrated their forces to attack the Zuoying phalanx.
"Break through the enemy's defense line, and each person will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver!"
As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards. At this time, these five hundred dead soldiers mustered up their courage, formed a shield formation and charged, with more than two thousand people following behind. The two groups of people were two hundred steps apart, and Zuo Liangyu also followed. Among the large group of people behind.
Zhang Yi looked at the left army's shield formation that had rushed within a hundred steps, and said coldly: "Zhentian Lei is waiting!"
"Throwers, come forward!"
Each battalion of the New Army is equipped with a large number of thunder mines, and they are new types of thunder mines that use granular gunpowder, which are smaller and more powerful.
Each team's sword and shield players were equipped with several weapons. At this time, following the Shangguan's order, hundreds of sword and shield players rushed out. They were in groups of two, with one person holding a pier to cover in front, and the other person holding a fire folder in one hand and a gun in the other. A thunderbolt hit the sky, and everyone rushed forward quickly. At a distance of thirty steps from the left army's shield formation, thunderbolts were thrown out one after another, and the sound of stinging sounds was endless.
The explosion of the thunder was very violent, and countless fragments flew in all directions, sweeping the surrounding left army soldiers to the ground. With the help of gunpowder, pieces of broken iron, porcelain, and gravel were driven into the human body. Among them, in this era, even if gods come, it will be difficult to cure them.
The five hundred dead soldiers selected by Zuo Liangyu were all killed or wounded in a short period of time under the blows of thunder and bird cannons, and the remaining dozens of dead soldiers fled backwards with mental collapse.
The more than 2,000 Zuo Army soldiers who followed were frightened when they saw this, and they immediately dispersed. Zuo Liangyu was also carried away and retreated. The war horse was frightened by the explosion, and stood upright on the spot. Zuo Liangyu was knocked to the ground on the spot.
"ah!"
Zuo Liangyu wanted to stand up, but the chaotic crowd was full of running people. Zuo Liangyu was immediately trampled to the ground by the crowd, and soon died of bloody injuries.
Zhang Yi was always paying attention to Zuo Liangyu's big banner. When he saw a person being knocked to the ground by a tall horse, it was probably Zuo Liangyu. He immediately yelled: "The whole army attacks, capture Zuo Liangyu, life or death!"
"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger!"
More than 3,700 Zuoying soldiers formed a formation and charged. A horizontal formation composed of more than 1,000 spearmen pushed directly over, stabbing countless broken soldiers to death on the spot. Hundreds of swordsmen and shieldmen rushed in groups of three and five, and the soldiers were killed. The defeated soldiers who slipped through the net were killed one by one.
Zhang Yi also rushed directly into the crowd with his guards and Ye Bushou, and it didn't take long to arrive at the place where Zuo Liangyu fell.
"Look! Find Zuo Liangyu for me!"
Zhang Yi yelled, since the fight has started, Zuo Liangyu cannot escape, otherwise the follow-up will be too troublesome.
"Commander, found it!"
The guard flag commander shouted loudly, and Zhang Yi hurriedly ran over, only to see a bloody corpse. Based on the armor, service, badges, and seals on the corpse, he could conclude that this was the general Zuo Liangyu.
Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Okay! Cut off the head and bring it back to the Lord along with the seal and waist tag. The body and these clothes will be burned on the spot."
"yes!"
When Liu Yan received Zhang Yi's report, he also breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the blood-stained waist badge and seal, and said: "Dispose of these things, including the head, and don't leave any clues to others." .”
"Yes." Miao Shao immediately ordered the things and went to do it himself.
At this time, the situation on the battlefield has become very clear. Zhang Wenxiu's troops have been basically wiped out, Zuo Liangyu's defeated troops have been basically dispersed, and the soldiers of the New Army battalions are advancing westward according to orders.
"I hope we can stop Zhang Xianzhong this time and get rid of this scourge!"
Although the Manchus and Qing Dynasties did everything to slander Zhang Xianzhong in history, such as putting the Manchu Qing's own excrement basin on Zhang Xianzhong's head for massacring Sichuan, saying that it was Zhang Xianzhong who massacred the city in Sichuan.
But what is the real history? The period of Sichuan's population plummeting coincided with the time when the Qing army entered Sichuan, and by this time Zhang Xianzhong was already dead!
However, although Zhang Xianzhong was unjustly accused of the massacre in Sichuan, it does not mean that Zhang Xianzhong is a good person. This man is indeed a murderous person. Like Li Zicheng, he was also a troublemaker in the late Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Liu Yan did not have the slightest fondness for Zhang Xianzhong, and would spare no effort to kill him as long as there was a chance.
"But then again, if you meet Li Dingguo, you can still fight for it. After all, Li Dingguo resolutely resisted the Qing Dynasty in history and was a veritable national hero. I don't want to fight to the death with such a person."
Liu Yan led his troops to march westward, and soon a group of messengers came on horseback to report.
"Your Majesty, Xu Ming, the commander of the cavalry battalion, has caught up with the main force of Zhang Xianzhong and is fighting with the main force of the bandits. Wang Bo, the commander of the right battalion, Chen Xun, the commander of the front battalion, and Wang Yue, the commander of the rear battalion, have already led their troops to rush there. support."
Liu Yan was overjoyed and said: "Order the left and middle battalions to go immediately for reinforcements. The artillery battalion and the guard battalion will quickly move closer to the battlefield to the west!"
"yes!"
Some people died, but not completely...
